Happy Saturday everybody!
For anyone who doesn’t know, Bewitching Book Covers (formerly Tasteful Tuesdays, and before that, Majestic Mondays), is a series where I highlight an awesome looking book cover and talk about what I like about it. That’s it, that’s pretty much the point of this post.
This week the book cover I’m highlighting is The Starlight Heir by Amalie Howard!
The Starlight Heir by Amalie Howard
SERIES: The Starlight Heir #1
LENGTH: 368 pages
GENRES: Fantasy, Romance, Fiction
PUBLISHER: Avon
RELEASE DATE: 7 January 2025
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
To save the realm from eternal darkness, she’ll have to choose between the truth and the lie—stand and fight or kneel and die.
“His Imperial Majesty, King Zarek requests your presence as his esteemed guest.”
When the gold-dusted court invitation arrives at Suraya Saab’s forge, she believes it’s a joke. Nobles might seek her skills as a bladesmith—one of few who can imbue her work with precious jadu, the last source of magic in the realm—but she has no qualifications as a potential bride for the crown prince. Still, the invitation is the chance at adventure, and the means to finally visit the capital city her late mother loved.
But what awaits her in Kaldari is nothing she could have imagined—and fraught with danger. It’s not the crown prince, but his impossibly handsome, illegitimate half-brother, Roshan, who draws her interest…and her ire. The invitation isn’t a quest to find a suitable bride, but a veiled hunt for the starkeeper—a girl rumored to hold the magic of the stars in her blood. And across the city, unrest is brewing between the noble houses and the rebel militia.
When the rebels carry out a brutal strike, Suraya and Roshan find themselves on the run, trying to deny their simmering attraction and the knowledge that Suraya herself might be the starkeeper. But Roshan is hiding secrets of his own. And with no control of the power that seems to be stirring within her, Suraya has drawn the attention of the old gods themselves…and the interest of one dark god in particular might be the biggest threat of all.
Book Cover Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 • 4 bright, glowing stars
Wow. The new books coming out lately sure have some pretty looking covers.
Like the last book cover I gushed over – The Beasts We Bury – The Starlight Heir’s cover art also has a bunch of purple on it. And, for some reason, purple covers tend to catch my eye. I dunno why, honestly. Purple isn’t even my favorite color or anything.
But purple isn’t the only prominent color on this cover. There’s also a lot of pink and teal, and they both compliment the purple very nicely. The pink more directly, as it’s clearly meant to highlight the purple of the feathers of the creature on the cover. The teal on the other hand, is part of the foliage in the background, behind the creature on the cover. There’s also some gold integrated here. The colors in the foliage definitely make it stand out.
As usual, I also really like the font chosen (or designed) for the title. It’s pretty serif-esque for the most part, which makes it feel very prominent on the cover art. But it has some swirls and a bit of a flourish to it, which gives it a bit of an elegant feel. The white color of the text also makes it stand out from the rest of the colorful cover.
So yeah, here’s yet another beautiful book cover. What do you think about this cover art? Have you read The Starlight Heir?
Anyway, as always, thank you for reading, and I hope that you have an excellent day/night!
See ya ~Mar
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